What Is Tom York's Net Worth?
Tom York is an English actor who has a net worth of $1 million. Tom York, not to be confused with Thom Yorke the English singer front man of the band Radiohead or Tom Yorke the former professional rugby player from the 1940s and 1950s, is best known for his roles as Samuel "Sam" Carne in "Poldark" and as Hero in "Olympus."
Early Life
Tom York was born on August 13, 1992, in Hampshire, England. He has a brother named Andy, and when Tom was five years old, the family relocated to the Netherlands. At the age of 17, York got into the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (also known as LAMDA), where he studied for four years. It was there that he portrayed roles ranging from Shakespeare's Hamlet to Shakespeare himself in Peter Whelan's "The School Of Night."
Before Tom got into drama school, he heard about The Camino De Santiago from one of his teachers, bought a guidebook, and set out on the five-week pilgrimage from Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port to Santiago de Compostela on the west coast of Spain. With only his backpack and sense of adventure, it was an experience he says he will remember forever.
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Acting Career
York started his acting career in 2014 when he was featured as the teenage version of one of the main cast members, Bassan "Barry" Al-Fayeed, in the first two episodes of the TV series "Tyrant." Then, in 2015, he caught his big break when he landed the leading role in the fantasy TV series "Olympus." In 2016, Tom appeared as Mike Maddox in "Endeavour" in the episode "Arcadia," as Mitch McCordell in "Midsomer Murders" in the episode "Breaking the Chain," as Leo Richards in "Death in Paradise" in the episode "Flames of Love," and as Zac Leeson in "Agatha Raisin" in the episode "The Day the Floods Came." In 2017, he was cast in the role of Sam Carne in the award-winning BBC One period drama "Poldark." York also played the role of Dani Nioh in an episode of "Van Der Valk" called "Death in Amsterdam" in 2019 and Colonial Wednesday in an episode of "American Gods" titled "Conscience of the King" in 2021.
Tom also has a stage credit for playing Evelyn Farrant and Rupert Farrant in "Corpse!" in 2020 at Park Theater and a film credit for playing Piers in 2014's "The Ivory Year."
York has two feature-length projects in post-production, including "Stopmotion," which is a psychological/horror film opposite award-winning actress Aisling Franciosi, and "Titans That Built The Ancient World," in which he plays Alexander the Great in the series of two-hour epics set to retell the stories of three of history's most famous figures.
Personal Life
Tom has two children, Agnes and Noah.
Inspiration
York is a huge movie fan, and his favorite is "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest." He credits the film as a huge inspiration in his life. Another moment that shaped his life was seeing the play "Jerusalem" by Jez Butterworth, in which actor Mark Rylance wowed him from beginning to end. Tom also credits the lectures of Alan Watts as inspiration, calling the orator one of the greatest of all time.
